Tundra The Influence

There's a guy running for lieutenant-governor of Alaska who thinks he's Edmund Ruffin.

And as a fourth-generation Alaskan, Sullivan said he'd be an enthusiastic ambassador for the state. Part of that would be fighting for Alaska's state rights. He said that includes getting the 20 million acres that's still owed to the state from the federal government, and controlling the state's resources. "One of the things I've suggested, too, is that if I was governor today, I'd probably invade ANWR," he said. "What are they going to do, shoot you? Well, they might. But martyrdom goes a long way sometimes."

It's time for Republicans to stop talking about armed sedition. It's time for Republicans to tell other Republicans to stop talking about armed sedition. Somebody's going to get killed behind this stuff.

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